Your answer may vary with your mileage, based on the results reported by the Star:

Vehicles 1-3 years old: New Democratic Party Leader Tom Mulcair.

“The interesting part is that owners of one- to three-year-old cars are often the wealthiest with the highest incomes,” DesRosiers told the newspaper. “You’d think they would have chosen Harper, yet they trusted Mulcair.”

Vehicles 4-12 years: Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Vehicles 13+ years: Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau.

The majority of Canadian vehicles are 4-12 years old, DesRosiers told the newspaper.

Those three men are among those battling for the leadership of the country in Canada’s Oct. 19 election, so we thought we’d point out the article to inspire a little tongue-in-cheek public debate by the automotive service industries up north.

It’s also a fun question for American service and collision repair technicians to ponder for the American 2016 presidential field, a full house with no incumbents running unless Democratic Vice President Joe Biden — a “real deal” car guy, as Car and Driver editor John Phillips told Politico — enters it.

To help you narrow down the U.S. Republican candidates for mechanical trustworthiness, here’s CNN’s recap of its Republican presidential debate last night:

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Featured image: Prime Minister Stephen Harper speaks to supporters after his Conservative Party’s minority victory in the Canadian federal election, Oct. 14, 2008, in Calgary, Canada. Harper was returned to power in national elections, but the Conservative Party fell short of a majority. (Mike Ridewood/Getty Images News/Thinkstock file)